Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.14.37
Ūti· What drives us to actDo Not Waste Precious Human Life
“Women as a class are merciless and cunning. They cannot tolerate even a slight offense. For their own pleasure they can do anything irreligious, and therefore they do not fear killing even a faithful husband or brother.”
What the purport teaches
- Purūravā was greatly attached to Urvaśī, although she had left him despite his faithfulness.
- The purport explains that Urvaśī considered the King to be wasting his rarely achieved human form of life. Her severe description of women was meant to confront his attachment.
- The purport stresses training women to be chaste and faithful to their husbands as necessary for peace and prosperity in society.
Try this today
Identify one attachment that wastes your time, and spend five fewer minutes dwelling on it today.
Ask yourself
Is an attachment consuming time that you could use more meaningfully?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.